Chapter 269: [Bonus Chapter] The Suicidal First Mission As The Academy King
Chapter 269: [Bonus Chapter] The Suicidal First Mission As The Academy King
When he arrived at his mansion, things weren't any calmer than he left.
Instead the moment he appeared inside the wide room, all eyes got attracted to him like he was a monster.
Or some sort of an enemy.
"What is he doing here?"
Jim noticed at once why the air in the room was so cold. The dean was here!
"Watch your mouth kid," the dean seemed not to be annoyed or angry at all, instead he walked towards him with a big smile over his face.
He reached Jim and stood a few inches on his right side. He wasn't interested in Jim at all, instead he was very interested in the wall Jim just passed out from.
That was where the secret room hid, the dean knew it and he tried to decipher the mystery behind it.
Jim felt a little nervous at first before he calmed himself down. This room couldn't be detected by the eyes of anyone, even the dean himself.
"He is here to deliver your first task," Mark seemed to be irritated by the dean's visit. His eyes told Jim he was forced to let him in, carrying some sort of an apology.
Yet Jim wasn't mad or sad at him. That was specifically the reason behind his stubbornness towards the warrior issue.
He didn't want his safety and fate to be linked by the decisions of others. Like now, all of his allies couldn't prevent his enemy from stepping inside his place and even let him examine his secrets.
This time he was lucky that the dean couldn't see anything, but what about other times? He inwardly became more confident in his decision, feeling more reassured that all that conflict with his masters was worth it.
"Impressive," the dean finally said after long moments of silence, "I can't say I don't admire your little secret, or else I would be lying."
The dean turned to Jim who kept his long face on. "Can you let me check it from the inside?" the dean suddenly said, trying to act like a kind person, "I promise I won't do anything there."
"Like the promises you gave to us before," Jim couldn't hold himself anymore before turning his back to the dean and walked towards Rana and Igory. "Can you tell me what business brought you here?"
Jim gave his back to the dean, yet he felt his back being stung by the burning gazes of the dean. "Don't cling to the past," the dean simply said, "you are now the king of the academy, and we should start a new page."
Jim reached Rana and Igory while Mark stood in front of the dean blocking any path towards Jim. Jim was now surrounded by his most trusted three masters.
"I'm opening a new page with you," Jim said with a mysterious tone, "I'm opening a new page with everyone."
The dean didn't understand his words, and even mistook them for something else. "Then what about joining the core campus?" the dean said, "we value your potential a lot."
Jim wanted to sneer, but he maintained his calm domineer while answering, "This is my home, I don't plan to leave it very soon."
His words conveyed his rejection perfectly to the dean. The next instant the face of the dean changed and became slightly darker.
"Alright, but you'll have to leave here soon," the dean paused before adding in a vicious tone, "very soon."
The words carried a hidden threat that Jim didn't miss. Yet Mark stepped in to stop this meaningless talk as he asked:
"What's the first mission of our king?"
"This," the dean casually threw a piece of jade towards Jim like it was a piece of trash. "Everything related to the mission is inside."
The jade wasn't caught by Jim, but by Igory. Igory was the most familiar one here with the dean's dirty tricks and so he examined the jade at first looking for any traps.
"This..." yet the moment he did so, he managed to read the mission and its details. His face changed and showed a look of horror over it.
"Hahaha, he is the king," the dean seemed to enjoy the reaction of Igory's face before turning to leave, "and he should prove himself as a king to everyone by his deeds."
"This is insane!" Igory couldn't control himself anymore as he shouted in defiance, "I'll go and help him."
"No you won't!" The dean didn't even stop and his voice carried only his amusement and not anger. "No one will step a single foot outside the academy, not masters, not disciples, not even his team."
The dean reached the door of the mansion and stopped there. He turned around and at this moment Jim saw the devilish grin over his face.
"If anyone broke this rule then all the achievements of this new king will be wiped clean and he will lose all his rights. You all know..."
He then passed through the door and vanished with a loud laugh as he continued to speak, "the first mission is the one which gives any king his authority or deprives his royal crown of his head."
Jim watched all this happening without saying a single word until the dean moved away. Just before he could ask or stretch his hand to take the jade, Rana was faster and then Mark.
"This..." Rana's face changed just like Igory.
"Madness! He completely lost it!!" Mark paused with a dignified face, "this can't be left without us fighting for our king. Let's go."
"Wait," Jim stopped them, "give me the jade."
The three exchanged glances between each other. "Just give it to me, I know this is my fate and you have a little chance in changing it," he stressed over his demand while stating the obvious.
"Don't lose hope in us," Mark slowly said while giving the jade to Jim, "we won't let you venture on such a suicidal mission, not alone."
Jim received the jade while watching the three give their orders to the masters around to strengthen their security over the mansion.
Jim stood in his place watching all this while his friend, Hector, and his team came to stand beside him.
"What's that crazy mission?" Hector couldn't help but ask in curiosity.
"Dunno," Jim held the jade before adding, "how can I read it?"
"Just close your eyes and inject your energy inside," Hector simply said like it was nothing.
And Jim simply closed his eyes and let his energy dissipate inside the jade to read its content.